Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1964 |
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Pagina 134
... numbers in his favour . But though this might be some gratification of his vanity , it afforded very little relief to his necessities ; and he was very frequently reduced to uncommon hardships , of which , however , he never made any ...
... numbers in his favour . But though this might be some gratification of his vanity , it afforded very little relief to his necessities ; and he was very frequently reduced to uncommon hardships , of which , however , he never made any ...
Pagina 312
... numbers . may be alleged , that Pindar is said by Horace to have written numeris lege solutis : but as no such lax performances have been transmitted to us , the meaning of that expres- sion cannot be fixed ; and perhaps the like return ...
... numbers . may be alleged , that Pindar is said by Horace to have written numeris lege solutis : but as no such lax performances have been transmitted to us , the meaning of that expres- sion cannot be fixed ; and perhaps the like return ...
Pagina 315
... numbers can fix the principles of representative harmony , it will be sufficient to remark that the poet , who tells us , that When Ajax strives - the words move slow . Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain , Flies o'er th ...
... numbers can fix the principles of representative harmony , it will be sufficient to remark that the poet , who tells us , that When Ajax strives - the words move slow . Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain , Flies o'er th ...
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Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Samuel Johnson,George Birkbeck Norman Hill Fragmentweergave - 1968 |
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acquaintance Addison afterwards Ambrose Philips appeared blank verse Bolingbroke censure character Cibber considered contempt criticism death delight deserved diction diligence discovered Dryden Dunciad Earl Edward Young elegance endeavoured English poetry epitaph Essay excellence expected expence faults favour Fenton fortune friends friendship genius honour Iliad imagination judgement kind King known labour Lady learning Letters lines lived Lord Lord Halifax Lyttelton mentioned mind nature never Night Thoughts numbers occasion once opinion Orrery passion performance perhaps Pindar pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise printed publick published Queen reader reason received reputation resentment satire Savage says seems shew shewn Sir Robert Walpole solicited sometimes soon stanza sufficient supposed Swift Tatler Thomson Tickell tion told tragedy translation Tyrconnel unkle verses virtue Whigs Winchester College write written wrote Young